Arthur's Christmas Cookies (An I Can Read Book) (I Can Read Book 2) [Illustrated] (Library Binding)

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Arthur wants to make Christmas cookies for Mother and Father. His sister, Violet, lets him use her Bake-E-Z oven. Wilma and Norman come over to watch -- and talk, and fight and push! The dough falls on the floor, and, finally, when the cookies are done, there is something very wrong with them.

"Nothing I make is any good," cries Arthur. But with a little help from his friends, Arthur comes up with an idea for Christmas surprises for everyone!

Lillian Hoban's hilarious story, which the New York Times called "funny and childlike," and her affectionate pictures of Arthur and his friends make Arthur's Christmas Cookies a treat for children all the year round.

About the Author

Lillian Hoban's books for children have been working magic for nearly thirty years. Her illustrations can help change an unfamiliar setting-like a museum filled with dinosaurs and whales-into a wondrous adventure, and her words and pictures together can transform chimpanzees and badgers into very real companions for the youngest reader.

Ms. Hoban was born and raised in Philadelphia. Among the first books she illustrated were the ever-popular "Frances" books, and several years later she wrote and illustrated Arthur's Christmas Cookies, thereby ushering in her beloved 'Arthur" series.

In 1967 Ms. Hoban was asked to illustrate Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen. It was the beginning of an enormously popular collaboration that produced more that a dozen books about Jim, Paul, Danny, Anna Maria, and the rest of the first-grade classcharacters as familiar to children as their own classmates.

Perhaps the key to the unfailing popularity of Ms. Hoban's stories and illustrations is that she's long been a keen observer of children, having had firsthand experience raising four of her own.

Lillian Hoban lives in Connecticut.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (October 25, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060223685
• ISBN-13: 978-0060223687
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,612,681 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So cute!, November 5, 2005

By	mariana81 (Metro Detroit) - See all my reviews

I love this book. It's great to read to kids or for a beginning reader to read on their own.
Arthur wants to bake Christmas cookies for his parents. Using his sister's EZ Bake Oven, he does just that - only he accidentally uses salt instead of sugar! The cookies come out hard as rocks, and Arthur cries that nothing he makes ever turns out good. But then, he thinks of a different way to use the cookies - a way that they'll last a lot longer, too. Great book for Christmastime.